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- noun Plural form of
cattail .
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Examples
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Down in the front hall, top hats glisten on a stand and canes grow like cattails from a Chinese jar.
The Other Side of Dark Sarah Smith 2010
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Wetter areas near the river may have black willow, black mimosa, common and giant reed, and hydrophytes such as cattails, bulrushes, and sedges.
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In a recent post on ChangingSociety I considered the question whether households in a rural community might be able to achieve energy self-sufficiency based on the cultivation of crops such as cattails and community production of ethanol.
Cooperatives within markets Daniel Little 2008
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In a recent post on ChangingSociety I considered the question whether households in a rural community might be able to achieve energy self-sufficiency based on the cultivation of crops such as cattails and community production of ethanol.
Archive 2008-08-01 Daniel Little 2008
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Wetlands are places of still water that support aquatic plants, such as cattails, pond lilies and cypress trees.
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They prefer to nest over water on permanent prairie marshes surrounded by emergent vegetation, such as cattails and bulrushes, which provide protective cover.
unknown title 2009
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They prefer to nest over water on permanent prairie marshes surrounded by emergent vegetation, such as cattails and bulrushes, which provide protective cover.
unknown title 2009
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They prefer to nest over water on permanent prairie marshes surrounded by emergent vegetation, such as cattails and bulrushes, which provide protective cover.
unknown title 2009
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They prefer to nest over water on permanent prairie marshes surrounded by emergent vegetation, such as cattails and bulrushes, which provide protective cover.
unknown title 2009
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At six months, Jetta was happy to find this downed bird deep in the cattails.
Best Gun Dog Contest 2009
alincoln commented on the word cattails
i am reading the book outer dark by cormac mcCarthy. the word is in one of the descriptions.
June 14, 2009